Question

A map has a scale of 1 cm to 1.5 km. The real-life distance between two towns is 60 km. What is the distance between the two towns on the map?

Answer 1

1 cm ………….1.5 km

x  ………………60 km

x=60 km•1 cm / 1.5 km

x=40 cm (distance between the two towns on the map)